The health of UK civilians deployed to Iraq
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The health of UK military personnel who deployed to the 2003 Iraq war: a cohort study.
BACKGROUND Concerns have been raised about the mental and physical health of UK military personnel who deployed to the 2003 war in Iraq and subsequent tours of duty in the country. METHODS We compared health outcomes in a random sample of UK armed forces personnel who were deployed to the 2003 Iraq war with those in personnel who were not deployed. Participants completed a questionnaire cover...
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عنوان ژورنال: The European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1101-1262,1464-360X
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw107